Talks and Publications

Pharmaceutical globalization: Where are drugs invented?

October 18, 2011

I’m back from the Filling the Pipeline conference in Boston, where I presented a talk on pharmaceutical globalization. Maintaining control of pharmaceutical drug innovation is key for national security, public health, and economic development. We know that much of late-stage development has gone overseas, but the question remains: Where are drugs invented? Using the DrugPatentWatch [...]

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Third Annual Scientific American Worldview: Measuring Global Biotechnology

June 29, 2011

The third issue of Scientic American’s Worldview is now available at www.saworldview.com. In this latest issue I continue my comparative assessment of the biotechnology innovation environment in different countries. I also include additional highlights: Which country is home to the most drug inventors? Which country has the greatest biotechnology patenting intensity? Which country has the [...]

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Biotechnology Book Booksignings at BIO 2011

June 20, 2011

The following Logos Press authors will be signing books at the BIO 2011 Convention in Washington DC Monday June 27th 3:00-4:30pm Mark Ahn, Michael Alvarez, Anne York Building the Case for Biotechnology: Management Case Studies in Science, Laws, Regulations, Politics, and Business Tuesday June 28th 3pm-4:30pm Yali Friedman Building Biotechnology: The definitive biotechnology industry primer [...]

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Individual Biotechnology Management Cases now Available

June 13, 2011

I am pleased to announce the availability of  individual cases from Building the Case for Biotechnology Management Case Studies in Science, Laws, Regulations, Politics, and Business in digital and printed formats. The casebook, which was recently reviewed in Nature Biotechnology, features 22 case studies in science; law, regulation, politics; and business, and a foreword by [...]

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Going Global: Partnering and Investing in International Life Sciences

May 25, 2011

I will be presenting in an upcoming webinar: Going Global Partnering and Investing in International Life Sciences   Today, successful life sciences companies are feverishly evaluating international partnerships in search of places that are rapidly expanding. Some make the costly mistake of only using market size as the deciding factor, which is often misleading. Success [...]

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Preview the next Scientific American Worldview

May 19, 2011

The next issue of Scientific American’s Worldview will be released at the BIO 2011 convention in late June. Worldview explores biotechnology development around the world, highlighting the opportunities and challenges in different markets. In the WorldView scorecard, I measure biotechnology innovation capacity around the world, and present multi-faceted data-driven comparisons to reveal greater clarity on [...]

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Globalization of pharmaceutical innovation

March 31, 2011

Here’s a copy of the talk I gave at the American Chemical Society meeting, on using patent information to track globalization: Using patent information to track globalization Check out it. I think the findings will surprise you!

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Using patent information to track globalization

March 23, 2011

I will be giving a talk on “Using patent information to track globalization” at the ACS conference in Anaheim next week. The talk is part of the ACS Division of Chemistry and Law session on What Can Patent Information Do For Scientists, and is based on analysis of data from DrugPatentWatch. I look forward to [...]

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Featured in Fortune article on Drug Patent Challenges

March 11, 2011

Fortune magazine recently published an article on the growing trend of generic companies challenging pharmaceutical drug patents. I enjoyed working with the writer to help layout the industry landscape, and share my knowledge of drug patents and trends from DrugPatentWatch.com. It’s a good read, and it does an excellent job of laying out the legal, [...]

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Journal of Commercial Biotechnology: Unmissable Management Articles

February 15, 2011

I have selected these management-themed articles from the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology, exploring the practical aspects of product innovation, R&D, patent law and marketing. The collection is divided into distinct sections: Commentary; Policy; Commercial Strategy; Valuation/Licensing; Funding; Intellectual Property; International; and Case Studies. These articles are only fully readable for a limited period of time, [...]

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